Transportation Specialist

Affreightment is a contract between ship owner and merchant, where ship owner provides or rented the space in the ship to the merchant for an agreed amount and for a specific period. In this contract, merchant is liable for the payment whether or not the ship is ready for the shipment.

LTL (Less than Truckload) shipment is a contract between the shipper and transport owner. According to the contract, instead of the entire truck, the shipment are priced according to the weight of the freight and mileage within designated lanes.

☛ How would you respond to an unhappy customer if an urgent package were unexpectedly delayed?

☛ What do you do when your schedule is interrupted? Can you provide an example of how you’d handle it?

☛ Have you ever had to defend an unpopular decision on behalf of a business? How did you go about doing so?

☛ Can you describe a goal you’ve accomplished? How did you achieve it? Were there any unexpected challenges along the way?

☛ How do you manage competing priorities and deadlines? Have you ever missed a deadline?

☛ What is your understanding of DHL’s vision and mission?

☛ Which of Jetstar’s values do you relate to most strongly?

☛ If you were the CEO of Linfox, what would you change to make it more competitive in the transport and logistics industry?

☛ What, in your view, are the major industry challenges facing Toll?

☛ What do you feel is the biggest accomplishment of the Department of Infrastructure within the past twelve months?

☛ What is a bill of lading?

☛ What is the function of a bonded warehouse?

☛ What is the difference between logistics and transport?

☛ What is a warehouse tracking system?

☛ How would you calculate deadweight tonnage?

☛ What work do you enjoy the most?

☛ What are your main interests outside of the office?

☛ What kind of culture do you thrive in?

☛ Which circumstances allow you to do your best work?

☛ What was your proudest moment at university?

Employers need to be assured of your pristine operating record so that they know you have the ability to safely transport your passengers. Honesty is the best policy when answering this question, because the employer will surely check with the proper authorities to verify your record. It may not always mean that you are dismissed as a candidate for hiring if something is found. It does depend on the circumstances and number of occurrences. This is a very common transportation interview question.

Declared value for carriage is the value of the goods, declared by the shipper on the bill of lading, to determine the limit of the carrier’s liability or a freight rate.

TEU stands for Twenty foot Equivalent Unit. It is a method of calculating vessel load or capacity, in units of containers that are twenty feel long. For example, a 40ft long container measure 2TEUs.

When any shipment that does not meet the customers decided terms and conditions, a financial penalty is charged against the supplier by customer. This charge is referred as charge back. For example, lack of proper packaging or labelling.

A person can work under various position

☛ Logistic director

☛ Logistic supervisor

☛ Logistic associate

☛ Logistic engineer

☛ Logistic coordinator

☛ Logistic specialist

☛ Logistic analyst

It is crucial that you discuss your objectives and how you intend to achieve them.

For instance: I would like to be the best in my department or I’d love to be the person my colleagues can rely on. I also feel I would be skilled and experienced enough to handle whatever responsibilities might come my way.

In this importer gives 30-45 days to bank to deduct the amount and then release the documents. In this provision, there is much risk, and if there is no sufficient balance in the account then, the process will get delayed.

Various activities at operational level includes

☛ Goods receipt and checking

☛ Bulk storage

☛ Order picking

☛ Stock replenishment

☛ Order marshalling

☛ Load Scheduling

☛ Returns

☛ Availability of Personnel

☛ Update of stock

☛ Completion of documentation

Primary role of a logistician is to

☛ Manage the supply chain

☛ Transportation and storage of material

☛ Transportation management

Stock Keeping Unit also referred as SKU number is a unique code used to identify particular line items.

Tell the interviewer your greatest weakness which can nevertheless benefit you in this position.

Provide an example in a position held in a professional or volunteer capacity, or alternatively in a university setting, e.g., when working on a project with classmates.

This could be a very simple question if you are prepared for it. You just have to talk about the strengths that you know would be of value to the company.